Carnegie Libraries, as
institutions of lifelong learning, and as architectural landmarks, are
significant in the history and culture of modern America.
Patchogue’s Carnegie Library was the first of only two ever built in Suffolk
County (the other being Northport Public Library, now home
to Northport Historical Society). On all of Long Island,
only one other was ever built, in Rockville Centre (now an office
complex). The Patchogue-Medford Library will be embarking
on a project to restore the Patchogue Carnegie to its original
purpose. They have also graciously offered the use of the lower level of the
Carnegie Library to be used as the home of the Greater Patchogue Historical
Society Museum!